Union County News

The annual Dyer-Souther Heritage Association Reunion which honors the memory of early Union County, Georgia settlers, Bluford Elisha and Elizabeth Clark Dyer and John Jesse and Mary "Polly" Combs Souther will ...

A coach at Union County High School was found dead Thursday morning on a hiking trail near Blairsville.

Mountain arts & crafts, music, food, and other traditions of the north Georgia mountains are in store for Saturday-Sunday of Labor Day weekend in Blairsville.

The wet Scottish style weather Saturday in Blairsville did not stop or even slow down the 5th Annual Scottish Festival at Meeks Park.

A group of us unabashed tree-huggers found ourselves the other day hugging - or at least trying to hug - some of Georgia's biggest and oldest trees in the Chattahoochee National Forest.

Drive around this precipitous territory, high up on the North Carolina line, and it's easy to see a connection between Union and its native bard.

“This creek has some of the most impressive cypress and tupelo trees you'll ever see”

I headed to a fish hatchery last weekend to see some birds. Specifically, I went to the Department of Natural Resources' Buford Trout Hatchery on the banks of the Chattahoochee River in Forsyth County, just ... via Atlanta Journal-Constitution

“It is hard to turn down family, so we understand”

Story updated at 4:25 PM on Thursday, March 13, 2008 With six weeks left before the start of spring football practice at Winder-Barrow High School, the Bulldoggs finds themselves without a coach. via Athens Banner-Herald

“I think this starts the healing process for a lot of people”

Steve Segars, left, and Julia Karenbower lead a group of approximatley 220 people and 20 dogs on the Remember ME memorial hike at Meeks park in Blairsville, Ga. via SavannahNow

Gary Michael Hilton's name has now come up in the investigation into the 10-year-old disappearance of a Clemson University student. via WDUN-AM Gainesville

“But there's a lot of good left in this world.”

Meredith Emerson's boyfriend, Steve Segars, left, and friend Julia Karrenbauer, right, lead a group of approximately 220 people and 20 dogs on the Remember M.E. Meredith Emerson Memorial Hike/Walk at Meeks Park ... via Athens Banner-Herald

Even before the snow started falling WSB-TV Channel 2 reporter Jeff Dore headed for the hills. via WSB-TV

“All of the people who remember her are horrified, and we're busy getting something together to honor her memory”

University of Georgia graduate killed Peggy Bailey, spokeswoman for the family of murdered hiker Meredith Emerson, speaks to the media in the driveway of her Athens home Tuesday. via Athens Banner-Herald

Drifter charged in UGA grad's slaying Gary Hilton talks to his public defender, Neil Smith, right, following a first appearance in Union County Magistrate Court on Monday in Blairsville. via Athens Banner-Herald

“We're hoping that these images will help keep Meredith in people's minds”

Blairsville As search parties continued with a sixth day of scouring the mountains of North Georgia for a missing hiker, the man suspected of killing her faced a judge but made no comment. via Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Georgia police say there could be a connection between a suspect in the disappearance of a female hiker and the disappearance of a North Carolina couple. via WNCT-TV Greenville

Missing Hiker Search for missing GA hiker to be scaled back ATLANTA The search for missing Georgia hiker Meredith Emerson will be scaled back tomorrow, with only trained search-and-rescue individuals and law ... via KXMA-TV Dickinson

“They're not going to have any closure until she's found.”

The man police say was the last person seen with missing Buford hiker Meredith Emerson was charged Saturday with kidnapping with bodily injury, and authorities say it's not likely the woman is alive after ... via Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Thursday morning's bitter cold caused some driving problems in metro Atlanta as water from leaking pipes left sheets of ice on roadways in Gwinnett and Fulton counties. via Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Police are now looking for a person of interest in the case of a missing hiker last seen Tuesday on Blood Mountain in Union County. via WSB-AM Atlanta